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Deadwood, Oregon
Store and gas station in Deadwood
Store and gas station in Deadwood
Deadwood, Oregon is located in Oregon
Deadwood, Oregon
Deadwood, Oregon
Location in Oregon
Deadwood, Oregon is located in the United States
Deadwood, Oregon
Deadwood, Oregon
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Oregon
County Lane
Elevation
259 ft (79 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97430
Area code(s) 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID 1140749

Deadwood is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 36, in the Oregon Coast Range.

Deadwood was named after Deadwood Creek, a tributary of Lake Creek in the Siuslaw River basin. Deadwood Creek was so-named because of the dead timber snags next to its banks, which had resulted from a series of wildfires in the area. Deadwood post office was established in 1884. The post office was discontinued to the community of Greenleaf in 1914, but was reestablished in 1950.

Deadwood is the home of Alpha Farm, an intentional community established in 1971. The farm owned the Alpha Bit, a café and book/gift store in Mapleton but was sold in 2018. Other residents include the artists Ernie and Mary Lou Goertzen who lived in the old Deadwood schoolhouse from 1975.

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